Capabilities of X1 which were not available previously

Please no duplicates. I'll get the ball rolling.

1. ProChannel,  2. MultiDock (John), 3. SmartTool (yorolpal), 4. Double click on track headers to maximize them to fill the screen (Bub), 5. Preview FLAC and RX2 files in the media browser/MediaBrowser (Bub/Saintom), 6. Quick group Bus's (Bub), 7. RAM meter (Bub), 8. Zoom in on the timeline by hold down left click and dragging your mouse (Bub), 9. FX chains (Bub), 10. Screensets (Mully), 11. Improved AudioSnap Transient detection (Saintom), 12. Edit Filter (Saintom), 13. Downstream inspector channel strip (JohnT), 14. Drag a project into another project (JohnT), 15. Edit multiple automation envelopes across multiple tracks (Saintom), 16. See effects of clip fades in track view waveforms (JohnT)

Multi Dock

Great thread backwoods!

1. You can double click on track headers to maximize them to fill the screen.

2. You can preview FLAC and RX2 files in the media browser now.

I'll add more as I remember them ...

We have a RAM meter now.

FX chains.

We can now edit multiple automation envelopes across multiple tracks. I feel editing automation is much faster now, once I lost a few old habits.

Although previewing FLAC and REX2 have been mentioned earlier in the thread, the Media browser is new to X1 and now we can drag anything that X1 accepts (media, FX, VSTi's, Projects... etc.) is new and great feature.

Transients are better detected when using Audio Snap in X1

The "edit filter" actually has sped up my workflow.

and I might be shot down for this, but I actually like the fact that it is less customizable, in the past it was very frustrating going to work on someones  " customized set up" and it is nothing like mine... meaning although I was working on the same DAW I use, nothing was where I thought it should be, that was very counter productive, as we had to talk about how we customized our set up.

Tom

Drag a project into another project.

John T


Downstream inspector channel strip

 
+1
 
I love this feature.

I've used that a fair bit recently. It's useful if you've got a complicated set up of instruments and routing that you want to replicate in another project.

John T

Drag a project into another project.

I didn't know you could do that in X1! That is so freaking awesome! There's been a lot of times I've wanted to do that and couldn't in previous versions.

Much better automation editing. 

In addition to the major new features already mentioned, SONAR X1 also includes dozens of
customer-inspired productivity enhancements, including:
• Improved performance. SONAR X1 takes full advantage of GPU acceleration (graphics
hardware) for better-than-ever performance across the application.
• Improved data editing. The per-track Edit Filter lets you lets you specify what type of data you
want to edit, making it easier than ever to focus on the current task without accidentally editing the
wrong type of data. For details, see “Selecting the data type to edit” on page 398.
• Consolidated options. All global and project settings have been centralized in one place. For
details, see “Preferences dialog” on page 1550.
• Improved shortcuts. Many keyboard shortcuts have been remapped to be more intuitive and
convenient. For details, see “Help > Keyboard Shortcuts” on page 1359.
• Clip fade waveform drawing. Audio clips can now optionally reflect clip-fades in the waveform
itself. For details, see “Customization - Display” on page 1610.
• Friendlier Staff view editing. When drawing events in the Staff view, the staff is shaded to
indicate where the current event type can be drawn. For details, see “Basic musical editing” on
page 1006.
• Convenient edit view menus. Confusing and intimidating toolbars have been replaced with
friendly and intuitive menus that invite exploration and help you discover many of SONAR’s
powerful features. It is now easier than ever to find your way around SONAR.
• Zoom and scroll in the time ruler. You can now zoom and scroll by dragging in the top half of
the time ruler. For details, see “Zooming and scrolling in the time ruler” on page 83.
• Enhanced Quick Groups. You can create Quick Groups faster and easier than ever, and more
track parameters can be included in a Quick Group. For details, see “Quick Groups” on page 879.
• Default plug-in presets. Each Plug-in can store a default Cakewalk Preset (if available) within
individual Plug-in Layouts. To specify the default preset, open the Cakewalk Plug-in Manager,
double-click a plug-in in the layout list to open the Item Properties dialog, then select the desired
preset in the Default Preset list. The default value is None, which does not save a Default Preset
in the layout. Because the Default Preset is saved per item in the layout, multiple instances of the
same plug-in with different Default Presets can be added to a plug-in layout.

 
Bus Selection
Busses in SONAR X1 are now fully selectable and quick group-able.  Additionally the following commands have been added:
·         ALT+CLICK on a bus will select that bus as well as all upstream sources
·         ALT+CLICK on a track will select that tracks as well as all downstream destinations
 
Independent Snap settings in the Piano Roll view
The Piano Roll view now has independent snap settings that can be used to override the global snap value.
 
Last Note Selected for Draw Tool
The duration of the last clicked note is now remembered when the ‘Last Selected’ item is checked in either the Control Bar or HUD.  When the draw duration is set to ‘Last Selected’ the draw duration will be whatever the last note clicked on in the Staff, Piano Roll or Inline Piano Roll views.
 
23.976 FPS Timecode format
SONAR now supports 23.976 frames per second on the time ruler.